Chili Peppers give it away for Obama

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are playing a free concert for volunteers working on the presidentís re-election campaign in Ohio, the Plain Dealer reports:

The Los Angeles-based group will perform a free concert for Obama campaign workers at the House of Blues in Cleveland Sunday afternoon, following the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Saturday night.

The group, which supports President Barack Obama, saw giving a free concert as a way to help him, said an Obama campaign official in Ohio.

But to get in the concert, you must be willing to work for the Obama campaign this week by volunteering at any Northeast Ohio phone bank. A link was activated Monday night allowing people to volunteer. Tickets are limited.

9. Sure, he says everything in the world that sounds good.

Nothing like Bush? Why didn't the Bush tax cuts get axed during the democratic majority? Did it even come up? Is that all it takes for people to believe in him, for him to say he "wants to do something"? He's almost as big of a puppet for the rich as Bush was. Has the military budget been trimmed? Just as much money is funneling up to the military industrial complex as before. He never had any intention of cutting military spending, or even trying. End the wars? Not only did they not get ended, he started bombing other countries also and ramped up Afghanistan. Has education funding increased? Have taxes? We have new corporate welfare disasters. We have the poor rotting in the streets. What significant changes have been made? Sure, he's done a few minor things to placate us, just like Bush did a few tiny things we are all proud of, like expanding AIDS research and treatment, and No Child Left behind. But as a whole, Bush's and Obama's presidencies have both been one corporate welfare disaster after another while the poor rot, the schools fail and tax rates stay the same.

10. Wow, you have NOT done your homework.

1) Yes, the Bush tax cuts did come up. The republicans held the unemployment benefits extension hostage until the dems agreed to temporarily extend the Bush tax cuts.

2) Yes, Obama has trimmed the military budget.

3) The war in Iraq HAS ended.
And go back and see what Obama said during the 2008 campaign regarding AFGHANISTAN - he ALWAYS said we would increase the troops there in AFGHANISTAN and fight the war there, which by the way is now ending and the troops are scheduled to come home.

as for the rest of your misinformation I'm sure you know how to use Google search to go find all the FACTS.

Edited to add the word: AFGHANISTAN
I mistakenly omitted it originally and had to add it to make my comment clear and factual.

11. LOL! you call that a budget cut?

You know how much it cut? one per-stinking-cent. Six billion dollars. They're probably going to spend it on more corporate welfare instead of increasing education funding or helping the people displaced from their homes.

Funny you should mention what Obama said during the campaign, that he would pull all combat troops from Iraq within 16 months. Please take a moment while I laugh my head off. Is he a liar or does he just like making promises he can't keep? And he didn't mention anything during the campaign about starting combat operations in the Congo, or that he would begin bombing Libya. I hope they melt his Nobel peace prize down into something useful. His presidency is just another continuation of illegal, expensive and unfunded wars.

Note: Regarding Politifact ratings: An important point about Obameter ratings: A Promise Broken rating does not necessarily constitute failure or mean that Obama failed to be an advocate for his promises. He could exert tremendous effort to fulfill any given promise but it could still die because of opposition in Congress. <SNIP> http://www.politifact.com/about/